‘China will be a different kind of power than the US’

British journalist and academic Martin Jacques talks about various facets of China’s role and place in the modern world.

British journalist and academic Martin Jacques is best known for his 2009 book When China Rules the World . An unapologetic champion of China’s rise as a “civilisational” power, Jacques believes the Westerners, who have a ‘very poor’ understanding of China as a civilisational state, often fail to understand the reasons behind China’s recent successes. Post’s Purushottam Poudel recently caught up with him on the sidelines of the BOAO forum in Hainan, China, to discuss the various facets of China’s role and place in the modern world. Excerpts .